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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pontlottyn like this:
PONT-LLODDYN, or Pontlottyn, a village on the E verge of Glamorgan; on the river Rhymney and on the Rhymney Valley railway, 2¾ miles S W of Tredegar. Itis a populous place, inhabited chiefly by workmen of the Rhymney ironworks; and it has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Tredegar.
Pontlottyn is now part of CAERPHILLY District. Click here for graphs and data of how CAERPHILLY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Pontlottyn itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pontlottyn, in Caerphilly and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20413
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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